The upcoming Global Development Conference 2023 is focusing on the theme of ‘Biodiversity and Sustainable Development’, and is set to take place in Quito, Ecuador on October 31 - November 1, 2023, in collaboration with Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) and Future Earth.
The conference proposes to address the following thematic blocks:
- Alternative, nature-based solutions for sustainability challenges (including perspectives from indigenous people)
- From ecosystem valuation (methodological approaches) and political commitments to implementation of the new GBF
- Mainstreaming biodiversity and scaling up mainstreaming
- Biodiversity loss, poverty and global inequality – links and trade-offs
- Financing nature and biodiversity – domestic, international, private sector
- Biodiversity governance – local and international
- Technology and Innovation – links to biodiversity and ecosystem preservation
- Interdisciplinary research and capacity building – including diverse knowledge systems
Learn more about the conference.